#AutoAri: These Real World Questions Are Emotionally Unstable Right Now
This week on The Real World: Ex-Plosion, Ari made you all fall deeply, deeply in love with her.
Comedy Crush: ‘Orange is the New Black’ Writer Lauren Morelli
“There were all these different bodies and shapes and colors that came in to audition, women who had gone to Juilliard or been on Broadway, but no one wants to put them on TV because they don’t necessarily fit into a TV executive’s idea of what’s beautiful.”
What Do You Do With A Problem Like Romi Klinger: On Bisexuality, Biphobia and Media Representation
Recently, GO Magazine published an interview with Romi Klinger of The Real L Word regarding the current state of her relationships, her career, and the controversy surrounding her sexuality. What does one complicated public figure representing bisexuality mean for the rest of us?
#AutoAri: These Real World Questions Are Getting Buck Wild
“Seriously, why the fuck is Ashley on this show?”
#AutoAri: Ask Questions, Get Answers with Ari Fitz While You Watch “The Real World”
Tweet questions to Ari using #AutoAri while you watch TRW each week and she’ll answer them for you right here on Autostraddle! (You may even be lucky enough to win some AS swag!)
Ari Fitz Is Exploding “The Real World”: The Autostraddle Interview
“I represented my community and I think there are a lot of other people in the house that kind of did them and we just did us and I think that’s what makes the show a really good, almost – if I can say this – positive Real World. I think it’s awesome because we’re us and we lived and we cried and we fucked.”
QUIZ: Which of Sleepy Hollow’s Mills Sisters Is Your Imaginary Girlfriend?
To help us through this difficult time, we turn to the time-honored genre as brought to us by such venerated texts as Seventeen and CosmoGirl: the quiz that promises to deliver your true “type.”
The Completely Ultimate Best Moments (So Far) of Walking Dead’s New Queer Couple
For the second week in a row, The Walking Dead has delivered us some queer lady goodness. Let’s relive those moments now.
The Adventures of Tiny Pineapple 104: Worst Flippin’ Day Ever, Dang It
I hope next week’s episode involves a girl on a bike, DeAnne Smith. Maybe you could pull some strings?
“Revolutionary Girl Utena” Transgresses Gender and Sexuality
It’s not just about the fact that she falls in love with another girl, but what Utena Tenjou does for those of us who never played by society’s gender rules.
The Adventures of Tiny Pineapple Episode 103: Best Day Ever
“Wait, everyone just ignore the bird.”
The Adventures of Tiny Pineapple Episode 102: Big Day Out
New episode of Tiny Pineapple went up yesterday, but I was too busy to tell you about it then. I make up for that here, now. Today.
GLAAD’s “Where We Are On TV” Shows Best Place To Be On TV Is Behind The Camera
“Where We Are On TV” has some promising and not-so-promising numbers for queer women on the teevee, and also raises some questions about how we quantify “representation” in the first place for all groups.
Everyone is Tired of White People on TV
There is now data that suggests viewers are more likely to watch shows with racially diverse casts and writing staffs. Imagine that.
35 Behind-The-Scenes Photos Of Lesbian Characters From Your Favorite TV Shows
Behind-the-scenes pics from teevee shows with queer storylines, from “Ellen” to “Orange is the New Black” to “Buffy” to “Pretty Little Liars” to absolutely everything in between. You’re gonna love it, we promise.
20 Lessons Learned Through 20 Years of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
Holy crap we’re old.
What I Learned From Buffy About All The Versions Of My Queer Girl Self
“At any given moment, you might turn into a rat, a demon, a werewolf, or a lesbian. In Sunnydale, no one was ever what they seemed, and by the time you’d figured someone out, they had already turned into someone else.”
Laverne Cox, Superstar: The Autostraddle “Orange Is The New Black” Interview
Laverne Cox talks about trans* representation in media, relating to her character and what it’s like being a trans* actress in tv.
Getting Drunk With Lea DeLaria: The Autostraddle “Orange Is The New Black” Interview
“By the way, just to keep the record straight, I was fucking HER! She wasn’t “fucking Lea DeLaria”! I’M THE TOP!”
“Burka Avenger” and Problematising the Problematisation of the Burqa
“Burka Avenger,” Pakistan’s first original animated TV series, features a female superhero who’s sparked a debate about whether her burqa disguise is “cool or conformist.” Why is this still the issue about Muslim women?